News and Updates
Stories From the Amazon
Here you'll find stories from the field, ministry updates, and missionary testimonies that reveal how God is at work throughout the Amazon.
Read inspiring accounts of transformed lives, growing churches, emerging indigenous leaders, and faithful partners whose prayers, generosity, and service make this ministry possible.
Each story is a glimpse of God's faithfulness and the lasting impact of the gospel in communities across the Amazon.
New Semester of Training
Would you spend 10 hours hiking in the woods and another 22 hours on boat to receive Bible teaching? This is what brother Aristides faces to attend leadership training
The Effects of One Changed Life
When God changes the live of one person it can be really contagious and lead to a transformation throughout a community. Our nurse and missionary, Francineide Sicsú, tells a little of the transformation that God is making
"Beeing" Used By God
It's almost 10 hours of travel The current was too strong and the river was getting deeper and deeper. Some sections were hard to pass because of fallen trees and many submerged trunks in that dark, freezing Andirá waters
Thank You For 2022
We are so thankful: Many of you came to serve on the first mission trips since the pandemic, Many of you found that even the remote Amazon region was greatly affected including the logistics of getting here. Many of you served on a special medical boat that was on loan from the government.
Meet Deicimar
Deicimar Shabc Mayuruna, missionary, father of 3 children, married to Marly Duni Mayuruna, lives in the Fruta Pão indigenous village, located in the Vale do Javary-Alto Amazonas area of isolated Indians. Deicimar was reached by the Lord through the missionary Moisés Mayuruna in 2016 and has grown spiritually to became a leader
Meet Ronaldo and Marvia Marubo
My name is Ronaldo Marubo, I am married to Marvia Marubo, father of two girls Dânica and Adriele, I currently work with my Marubo people in the Upper Solimões. My family and I live and serve as local leaders in the same village where we grew up.
Life Change - Jobson and Andreize
Andreize started to come to a women’s Bible study that Amazon Vida leads every week in Maranhão. Jobson also came to some men's Bible studies with a couple of mission trip teams (Americans and Brazilians) that we took to Maranhão.
Meet Marcelo and Dailane
Life in the communities that we serve on the river is full of challenges and you know that anywhere you find difficulty you will find people attempting to handle it in negative ways especially when they don’t have the hope of the gospel. The community of Terra Preta is the same way, that’s where Marcelo grew up with his brother Auliandro, aka Lico.
Dear brothers and sisters,
I come to you today with a heart full of gratitude, awe, and joy. What we experienced in the Amazon this past July was truly a move of God. For one incredible week, our team served riverside and indigenous communities